ARCHAEOLOGY

Fascinating Archaeological Mysteries

(Creve Maples)

Explore a variety of enigmatic and provocative archeological objects, such as the mysterious, inscribed disc that’s 2,500 years ahead of its time, a dinosaur carved on the wall of an ancient Cambodian temple, and a 500-year-old map that theoretically couldn’t exist.

The Bones of St. Nicholas

(William Tabbernee)

Learn the true story about St. Nicholas, the original “Santa Claus,” by exploring the archeological remains of the church where he served as bishop until his death in 326 C.E. and a newly discovered church on St. Nicholas Island, just off the coast of Turkey.

ART

Changing Perspectives: Renewable Energy and the Shifting Human Landscape (Jamey Stillings)

The class leader’s long-term photography project, Changing Perspectives: Renewable Energy and the Shifting Human Landscape is a look at art and activism from an aerial perspective.

Happy Birthday Bauhaus

(Barbara Arlen)

Celebrating the 102nd birthday of the Bauhaus, this image-dominated course will illustrate how an experimental German school founded in 1919 influenced most of our global vision of the visual arts.

Philip Guston: Controversy Through the Love of Painting

(Barbara Arlen)

Explore the work of Philip Guston, who abandoned abstraction in part because it felt unimportant in the face of Vietnam, Civil Rights, and the assassination of Martin Luther King.

Jewelry in New Mexico

(Andrew Connors)

Join the Director of the Albuquerque Museum to explore how Native, Hispanic, Japanese, west African, Scandinavian, French, north African, and other traditions have influenced the jewelry of New Mexico.